There have been major advances in the armamentarium for hepatocellular carcinoma
(HCC) since the last official update of the Barcelona Clinic Liver Cancer prognosis and …

There is a universal agreement that the occurrence of clinical complications, such as ascites,
hepatic encephalopathy, gastrointestinal bleeding, and jaundice mark the transition from the …

More than five decades after it was originally conceptualized as rescue therapy for patients
with intractable variceal bleeding, the transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) …

Traditionally, the complications of cirrhosis, namely variceal bleeding, ascites and hepatic
encephalopathy, were thought to result predominantly from circulatory dysfunction and …

Noninvasive tests (NITs) are used in all aspects of liver disease management. Their most
prominent break-through since the millennium has been in advancing early detection of liver …

Ascites represents a critical event in the natural history of liver cirrhosis. From a prognostic
perspective, its occurrence marks the transition from the compensated to the …

In the traditional view, the occurrence of cirrhosis‐related complications, such as hepatic
encephalopathy, formation of ascites or variceal haemorrhage, marks the transition to the …

The development of complications of cirrhosis (ie, ascites, gastrointestinal bleeding, and
hepatic encephalopathy) marks a fundamental turning point in the course of liver disease. In …

Background and Aims Patients with cirrhosis have an increased risk of postoperative
mortality for a range of surgeries; however, they are also at risk of postoperative …

Background & Aims Although ascites is the most frequent first decompensating event in
cirrhosis, the clinical course after ascites as the single index decompensation is not well …